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Wagner Group

The World's coverage of the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary group.

A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal memorial next to the former 'PMC Wagner Centre' in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 24, 2023.

Reported death of Wagner Group leader ‘strengthens Putin’s hold on power,’ analyst says

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Many questions remain a day after the reported death of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Kimberly Marten, who has studied the Wagner Group and testified about it on Capitol Hill. She is also a professor at Barnard College, Columbia University.

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Why is Russia’s ruble dropping in value?

The top Russian military commander in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, attend the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Wagner mutiny leads to questions about Russia’s military leadership

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A woman poses for a photo in front of the Wagner Group military vehicle.

Wagner’s mutiny punctured Putin’s ‘strongman’ image and exposed cracks in his rule

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Russian Wagner mercenary group update

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Rising ethnic tensions in Kosovo

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The trigger to all this might have been a new policy on license plates in Kosovo, but Ramadan Ilazi, head of research at the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies, says there’s much deeper roots to these tensions.

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A man claiming to be a Russian military commander defects to Norway

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The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Pierre Vaux, an expert on the Wagner Group, about the significance of the man’s defection and the mercenary group’s role in Russian military and foreign policy. 

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In Sudan, global powers fuel conflict

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Outside powers are propping up the rival generals who have plunged Sudan into chaos in recent days. E

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Russia claims it controls Bakhmut, again

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The World’s Marco Werman has more details on the status of the city.

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Wagner Group blamed for civilian slaughter in Mali

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The Malian government has denied that any civilians were harmed in what it called an anti-terrorist military operation against an Islamist extremist group.